bethlehem, pennsylvania, families gatherings for peeps chicken drop for the local manufacturer of the iconic brand. so many amazing celebrations. >> i could go for a peep right now. gregg jarrett, arthel neville. take it from here. ♪ . gregg: catastrophic flooding in the midwest as waters start to recede as people are bracing for overflowing rivers that stranded people in their homes and left more than 40 people dead. i'm gregg jarrett. arthel: i'm arthel neville. this slow moving disaster is still threatening levees. hundreds of families wait to hear when it will be safe to return home. gregg: matt finn in arnold,

missouri, with the latest. matt? reporter: good morning, guys. in arnold, 200 homes are affected or destroyed by flooding. the mayor said this is the worst natural disaster he has ever seen. the river is still raging, creeping up on to this road, nearly destroying this home, probably saved by sandbagging efforts. damage is done and cleanup pins pins -- begins. there are pumps all over town. it is cold here. a lot of floodwater turns to ice on streets and sidewalks. river crested high of 4feet. it stayed well above flood stage for days heading into the weekend. city officials say avoid the water because there could be stray animals, even snakes in it. making matters worse, this water is contaminated with sewage. one homeowner said his house could be a total loss. >> we're really kicking around even coming back here.

we just don't know. it's, my house smells, sewage. i don't think that will ever come out of there. reporter: police in arnold said they used 140,000 sand backs to try to fight off the flood but all the sandbags are under water. they did not stand a chance against mother nature. many people in this area comparing it to the flood of 1993. that is considered a one in 500 year event. many neighbors we talked with said this one is worse. multiple states affected by this dissass telephoner national weather service says the mississippi river continues to flood and will crest south of us into tomorrow causing more widespread flooding. gregg: matt finn, live in arnold, missouri. matt, thanks. arthel: 2016 politics starting with fireworks. ben carson's campaign manager and a number of top aides have resigned.

the shake-up comes as the carson campaign struggles to regain momentum as we get closer to iowa caucuses. robert dee is, a retired army general will chair the carson campaign. will the fresh start for carson work. joining us to discuss all this, chris kofinis, and former communications direc also brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and professor of public policy politics and international affairs at georgetown university. good to see both of you. >> happy new year. >> happy new year. arthel: brad, i will start with you. can these changes resuscitate the carson campaign? >> no i think the doctor is in intensive care and patient is getting weaker. the fact the matter, barry bennett is a professional. he has been in campaigns a long time. i know him very well. when you fire your chief surgeon and bring in business manager to dot operation or military person that is not the right person you need.

i think that this close to the key battleground primary states of new hampshire, which is a first secret ballot and first caucus state, iowa, it is going to be very hard to dr. carson rehabilitated by that time. arthel: so what do you think, chris? can carson shake the chaos that surrounds this sort of upset in a campaign and get back on message and what is that message? >> i think it is extremely difficult. if this was a different type of race with different candidates, if you didn't have a trump or cruz that were sucking up the anti-establishment energy, that would be one thing. you have something similar happened back in 2004 when john kerry was having real difficult time. he basically focused his entire campaign on iowa and was able to turn it around. i just don't see that if you look at all polls, basically trump and cruz in iowa. carson really only has one pac.

he has got to win iowa yesterday, because he is not having any place or any significant effect in new hampshire. so i think he will have a really tough time. the one saving grace i will say his campaign may have is -- arthel: money. >> his fund-raising numbers are pretty impressive. arthel: he raised 23 million in the fourth quarter. let me go to you, brad. to chris's point, that is an impressive haul for the fourth quarter. can that, can that money keep carson's campaign on life-support for 31 more days? >> no. the good news in america, it doesn't matter how much money you have. look at jeb bush's campaign. they had plenty of money. now they're cutting staff and they're moving people into other places, asking for volunteers. it is not how much money you have. it is how you spend it, sure but basically comes down to grassroots operation and getting out the vote. if you don't have boots on the ground to motivate people and especially in caucus state which is not a secret ballot. more like a community

get-together, that requires organization and there is no substation for that and money is not. arthel: chris, can robert deace put a ban aid on carson's campaign and get the boots on the ground and keep the organization in place in iowa and new hampshire? >> it's unlikely. i think what you're seeing is a republican race that has been pretty chaotic to say the least. and you basically seeing two camps shape up. anti-establishment camp which carson at one point is leading is really now all about trump and cruz. on other side you have the establishment wing which is basically rubio and maybe christie. everybody else, particular candidates like jeb bush are kind of politically dead men walking. they just don't have a path going forward when you're being basically collapsing in your numbers and you're just not having any significant effect. you're talking just a few weeks we'll have the first votes. it is just not realistic i think

at this point that carson turns it around. arthel: you guys are both not giving a very good forecast for the carson campaign? so, brad, what happens? at this point, yes, trump is far in the lead and cruz is sniffing him behind in the lead in new hampshire at this point in latest polls but there is still a lot of people there in the kind of undercard if you will. what about carson supporters? if he were to get out of the race eventually, we're not saying that he is, that is his choice, but if he were to where would his supporters go to and who perhaps could they help bolster? >> i think they will be blown to the wind, quite frankly. there are a lot of people attracted to dr. carson because he is an outsider. 2015 may have been the year of the outsider but the 2016 may be the year of insider. where you see marco rubio rising in the polls and ted cruz. this is really a test of donald trump's support. will dr. carson's support, if he

falters in iowa and new hampshire gravitate to him? the other question will donald trump win even iowa or new hampshire? if you don't win those two critical states, then you don't have the momentum you did. and by trump's own words if you're not winning, you're losing. >> chris, let me get your reaction to that. brad is saying he is questioning whether or not trump can win iowa or new hampshire. let's say for conversation sake that scenario happens and trump loses his strong lead. with that in mind, might carson, mr. deace would he consider trying to keep carson alive to see if those two scenarios pan out in iowa or in new hampshire? >> i mean possibly. i mean the one thing about money, brad's right about the fact that money doesn't really have significant impact as sometimes people think but what it does allow to do is stay in the race. carson may stay in this race well into march. that bleeds support from the other, if you will, anti-establishment wing.

the problem that trump has is, i don't know, listen, everyone has been predicting his political death so many times i'm getting tired of it, to be honest. it is not worth it. every crazy thing he says would be his political obituary but ends up not being. so i think real question though, if he loses iowa, and i think there is a pretty good chance he will, what does it do to his support? my guess it pops it. if it does, then he is in real trouble because a guy like -- arthel: who is in trouble. >> trump. at the end of the day you lose iowa and you lose new hampshire what candidacy do you have? considering the fact that you were leading everywhere? what ends up happening here is, when you lose those two first two primaries, or even lose one your national numbers collapse. we've seen this play out and play out. arthel: to my point, brad, see if you answer this and this is the last answer. my point if what chris is saying trump is out of the race that is

exactly my point, does that give carson the possibility to move up in the polls, brad? >> not if he doesn't perform well in iowa and new hampshire. people like to go with winner. collapses will be swift if you're not winning of the. trouble with trump he set expectations so high, if he loses how do you explain that because of this objective event? people did something. it is not subjective event where you can spin it any way you want. i think next few weeks will be very volatile in the republican field. an we're going to see exactly whether trump's momentum will stay and whether carson has the ability to stay beyond new hampshire. >> which is good news for democrats. arthel: you know what? you just got the last word in. chris, brad, thank you. good to see both of you, thank you very much. >> thank you. happy new year. arthel: happy new year. gregg: etf been keeping eye on germany going into 2016 on high alert after terror concerns

forced evacuations at two different train stations in munich. it is all up and running now. according to police, half a dozen homicide bombers were plotting isis inspired attacks there. the foreign intelligence service tipping german authorities off about those plots. no arrests have been made but thousands of people took to the streets in munich to ring in the new year notwithstanding those threats. despite concerns over terror people gathered all over the world to welcome in the new year with public celebrations from hong kong to times square, brazil, to paris. party goers kicking off 2016. a lot of fireworks of course and music. here in new york city about a million people gathering in times square. security for that event unprecedented with some 6,000 police officers on hand. arthel: you know what? they are so top-notch, the new york police department counterterrorism agent out

there. hats off to them for a job well-done. gregg: we were talking to some of them yesterday. i went out to times square. we're a half block away. they're very, very respectful and nice people and friendly people too you know? people go up to them all the time, say where is this, where is that? they tell them and they're friendly bit. arthel: take pictures with tourists. gregg: that's right. arthel: we're learning more about terror suspect arrested yesterday in rochester, new york. what he was allegedly planning to do to prove he was worthy of joining isis. also a luxury hotel and apartment complex becomes a towering intern know. the latest investigation -- inferno. what caused the massive fire in dubai. all that with latest headlines on this first day of 2016. ♪

gregg: gunman opened fire at popular bar in tel aviv, killing

at least two people and wounding three others of the massive manhunt under way for the shooter. israeli police say the motive is not clear. they say five people were wounded in the attack. two of them died in the hospital. it comes amid more than three months of almost daily palestinian attacks against israeli civilians and soldiers. arthel: well it wasn't just fireworks lighting up the sky of new year's eve there in dubai. this inferno, take a look here, was in a high-rise complex in a hotel in the city. it was still burning as dawn broke this morning. crews have the fire under control. there is word they're not done yet. john huddy with details live in jerusalem. john, my understanding they're not sure what started this fire, right? reporter: you're absolutely right, arthel. it is still under investigation but dubai's media office released a press release, that is the government's representative agency, not long ago calling it an x so certainly the question we're all thinking,

at first when we saw this, is it terrorism-related? but at this point they're not saying that again calling it an accident. but having said that it is still under investigation. earlier take a look, first off. we saw the pictures coming in and video coming in. it is still smoldering. what is called cooling procedures of the building are underway at this point according to officials. that is how intense, how hot this fire got, that even now, all these hours later, as you said, it stretched into the new year, into early morning hours in dubai. you know, it continued. so there are, the operation is ongoing but the fire, the actually fire has been controlled. it started about 9:30 last night. officials say on a 20th floor terrace of the 63-story tower, the address hotel in downtown dubai. incredibly only 16 people were injured. 14 with minor injuries.

one with moderate injuries. another person had a heart attack during the evacuation effort. initially thought to be a fatality. now we know that wasn't the case. because the fire stretched as you saw right up the building, it got too high, floors were up too high for firefighters to operate it down to ladders companies. they let it burn because it didn't spread inside of the building. today we're hearing stories about people evacuating, people scrambling to get out. one guy told a media outlet he strapped his disabled mother to his back. arthel, we spoke with witnesses on the ground last night and early this morning, they said despite the initial panic, emergency crews got everything under control. it was an orderly process and also a calm process. so people really credited emergency personnel with that. and while all this was going on, while this towering inferno was unfolding the fireworks display continued right across this

plaza, the burj khalifa lake, outside of the burj khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper. it was pretty amazing to watch that. not only did you have a massive low gistal security operation but add this towering inferno you talk about. it was really an overall dramatic scene, arthel. back to you. arthel: dubai is popular tourism spot. of course authorities wants to mach sure everything comes across as under control and working properly. so they did that. john huddy, thank you. gregg: could your car be making you sick? is that even possible? we're going to tell you about some new complaint to the national highway traffic safety administration. and, we'll take a close look at the financial trends in the new year. and what they could mean for your bottom line. ♪

♪ gregg: well the new year is here of course, with it some new financial trends some what are they and how might they affect you? joining me to talk about it is vera gibbons, personal finance expert. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too, gregg. gregg: let's dig into this. first place trends. >> gigs, part-time gigs. not full-time stuff. employer mandate to provide health insurance continues to be ruled out in 2016. it is expensive proposition for employers to provide health insurance for full-timers. they can be loathe to bring on full-timers. gig economy could be trend. gregg: very interesting. what about housing trend. >> the burbs is the new hot spot according to cillo, really. >> rents are rising. some of us are shelling out 30

to 40% of our income on rent. it is ridiculous. affordability in city centers is scarce. they're heading to the burbs. gregg: i see that here in manhattan. who can afford to live in manhattan? >> nobody. gregg: retail trends, tell us about that. >> shopping experience is to take off in 2016. they're trying to differentiate themselves. lululemon is good example. they opened up a flagship store in downtown new york. they have a concierge and designated community space. we'll see more. online only retailers, a la birchbox enhancing community experience. gregg: my daughters bought me pants from lululemon. >> wow. gregg: i will have to, people don't know but they have men's clothing. they're really great. >> i didn't know you were yoga enthusiast? gregg: they are trying to encourage me. let's put it that way. all right, travel trends. >> travel trends a lot of people

travel domestically in 2016. good news air fares were down in 2015. expected to trickle down again in the new year. a lot of people hitting national parks as well in 2016 as it celebrates the 100th year anniversary, national park service. the bad news as far as air flying the friendly skies will not be all that friendly in 2016. the 80/20 rule goes into effect in 2016 where 20% of the travelers, me, you, the ones who are bargain hunters back of the plane unless you're willing to pay more. the business traveler gets all the perks and attention. frequent flyer programs are falling by wayside as airlines focus on money-based programs. gregg: yeah. last class is now the new thing we were reporting yesterday. >> it's a problem. it's a problem. gregg: not first class. last class. back near the bathrooms. >> which is majority of us. 20% of the business travelers get perks, upgrades and recognition they deserve. gregg: wouldn't it be nice to be

rich fly first class all the time. >> expensive proposition, gregg. gregg: speaking of expensive propositions, retirement can be expensive. >> right. today's retirees baby boomers want to call their own shots. they want active lifestyle. don't want to sit back in the rocking chairs. they want to travel. they want to spend time with family and friends. what is interesting they want to age in place. aarp came out with survey, vast majority of baby boomers want to stay in their homes. this is spurring remodeling trends. they want bathrooms and nice kitchens and thing allow them to age in place. not hospital institution like safety features, things aesthetically pleasing so they can stay in their homes. gregg: wow. i didn't know that. vera gibbons. great to see you as always. >> two days in a row. awesome. gregg: your segment got canceled. >> thank you so much, gregg. happy new year. gregg: arthel? arthel: i know lululemon sells mens clothing but you and lululemon? i don't know.

gregg: i will sport them for you. will take a picture, do a selfie. arthel: this gets worse and worse. coming up we talk about new year's celebrations turning dangerous in one country. one man is killed and hundreds more injured by firecrackers. plus hillary clinton facing new attacks as her husband gets ready to campaign for her. will bill clinton be an asset or liability is the question. ♪

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leland: more details about that planned attack in an upstate bar on new year's eve. emanuelc luchman is charged with attempting to provide material support to terrorists. authorities say he was trying to prove he was worthy of joining isis. abby: he had really bad intentions according to federal agents that have gone so far as to purchase a laundry list of items he hoped would help him kill innocent civilians on new year's eve. his breasting mug shot released last night, court records show the fbi use three informants to gather information, one of those informant helped him to buy supplies for his alleged terror plans. listen to is this. included is it ties, knives and

a machete, duct tape, ammonia and latex gloves. the plot set to unravel in rochester, n.y. 300 miles away from new york city. he claims that received direction from an overseas member of isis and hopes to bomb inside a local buyer, a kid that people and kill them and told an fbi informant, quote, if we grab someone they can't live. federal investigators haven't disclosed the intended targets but the owner of merchants bar in rochester's this week reagents, his par with the planned location of the attack. >> he has been around the neighborhood for quite some time. a lot of the businesses had asked him to leave. including my son. >> rochester canceled its new year's eve fireworks of police officers there could be redeployed to other places throughout the city. and mayor standing by in the decision.

>> we have no additional information that there is a credible threat, threat to our community, protecting the public is my first priority. >> reporter: he will appear in court on trying to provide material support to isis which could bring 20 years in prison if convicted. gregg: thanks very much. abby: in new year's celebration turned deadly in the philippines, firecrackers bursting into flames killing one man and injuring almost 400 others. officials say twice as many people were hurt in celebrations last year but this led to a low turnout this year. the government wants to campaign to warn people about the dangers of explosives. imus firecracker suspected as the cause of a fire that burned out of a thousand homes in the capital city of manila. gregg: the clinton scandals getting new life in 2016, the

media revisiting bill clinton's history with women after gop front runner donald trump declared it fair game after hillary clinton accused him of sexism. let's bring in judith miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and author and fox news contributor. washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times, happy new year to both of you and thanks for being here. should the media be covering this sort of thing and if so, does it give reporters a more legitimate reason to be challenging the clintons on the campaign trail and donald trump too? >> all is fair in love, war and politics. we are seeing a flare-up of these old charges, donald trump trying to divert attention away from issues that are unfavorable to him so this is going to

happen but whether or not the media ought to focus a lot of time and effort on this is a separate issue for donald trump, from the republican standpoint, absolutely stupid politics, counterproductive because bill clinton remains according to the blue marion cnn poll one of the most popular former presidents in america. gregg: the intention of hillary clinton was clearly that she wanted to remind voters how wonderful the economy was during her husband's presidency and donald trump has changed the equation and now people are being reminded of oh yes. we had to suffer through a very long impeachment process. >> that is an argument that if you wants to make it is talking to republicans. his first goal is to win a republican primary. presumably these are voters who

never were fans, and never will be fans or supporters of bill or hillary clinton. by focusing on bill clinton right now he does it at potential risk of not knowing if this is going to help him do the hard work of organizing to get people to the iowa caucus and vote for him in new hampshire. gregg: i am waiting for s&l to a comedy sketch of donald trump and bill clinton together privately exchanging stories about their sexual extra periods and infidelities and so on and so forth, isn't it true that donald trump is arguably a hypocrite and he will face reporter questions and may be voter questions about his own infidelity? >> absolutely. why would donald trump wants to open up the sexual pasts of the candidate? i don't understand that but as you point out, totally changes

the conversation. yesterday the wall street journal had an extraordinary piece recapping the amount of money the clinton foundation got for 24 companies at time when hillary clinton was in a position to act on something at the state department even though there is no evidence she actually did anything to help her husband or help the companies that were paying this money but these are legitimate issues that instead we are talking about a completely frivolous issue is that americans don't care about. americans think by and large that somebody's sexual history and sexual infidelity are not the most important issues facing them. we are talking about jobs and the economy and their own lives. gregg: i wonder if trump needs to tread carefully here. insists women voters loved me. the polls show otherwise. i took a close look at latest fox news poll, shows a

substantial gender gap of 15 points. he is below on women 15 points among his supporters, primary and general election. you got to be careful here. >> normally i would say of course but you know every time you say this is bad, he shouldn't say this, this could be bad for the campaign or he does this hand gesture, all it does is make him more popular for now. i am not going to predict if it is good or bad. all this is is he is not laying the foundations so that if he does not win in iowa or new hampshire he has a shaky foundation to explain his campaign. if you want to focus on how

you're doing in the pole. so far it hasn't run out and donald trump is listening, i give you your do on this but a prudent person would have some backup in case it doesn't work. gregg: women will comprise 50% come november so this is a relevant topic. they are an important voting bloc. great to see you, happy new year. abby: seeing the stars and stripes in a whole new life and ellis island to west point. "happening now" anchors john scott and jenna lee give us a unique look at what makes our country great, stay tuned for american journey airing today at 1:00 p.m. eastern right after greg and i wrap up. when we come back after the break sentencing set for data this month for a teenager convicted of raping and murdering his teacher in massachusetts.

our legal panel looks at the case along with other high-profile things over the years, right here on "happening now".

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"happening now" including high-profile murder cases. remember ody arias the murder ex-boyfriend after a sensational and crack trial? the case of a teacher who was raped and murdered by her younger high school student in massachusetts the the retrial of a student at a prestigious prep school that highlighted a solid tradition known as the senior salute. kent zimmerman is national law journal contributor and former general counsel and criminal defense attorney, good to see you both. let me start with you. shocking enough, jody arias admitting she shot her boyfriend in the head and stabbed him 30

times, and went on on the witness stand. your thoughts? >> it had sex and murder and captivated the country's attention for several years. the jury's could not decide how she should be punished, she was convicted, shot in the head, she admitted to is that. the jury couldn't decide what to do with her. the most salacious detail came up after the trial in my view. renewable out says the jury foreman, 71-year-old, had a crush on heard that developed during the trial and that is why he was a holdout and didn't want to give her life. an alternate juror has corroborated that in interviews. gregg: after on the witness stand, seemed to go one day

after day forever kind of like the o.j. simpson trial. that, a lot of people watching it, thought was melodrama. >> that made it harder for the jurors to convict her and sentenced her, not to convict her, she was convicted but to sentence her to death. the more you get to know a person and their story even if it is bizarre or unbelievable its still connects you with that person and to impose a highest punishment possible becomes much more difficult. gregg: it is clever to keep her on the witness stand as long as possible. >> i don't know how much was strategy or just taking heard time but i would say this was an incredible waste of resources for the people of arizona to go through two death penalty trials and millions of dollars and for what? what did they end up with? lake in prison.

gregg: it went on forever. going to fill but chisholm, a shocking case, the defense admitted that this 14-year-old went into the bathroom, raping and killing his high school teacher, just awful and the surveillance video, they had to admit it but he claimed insanity, schizophrenia. >> that was the claim and they had an expert testified he had early onset, absolutely not, the prosecution said this was premeditated. they brought evidence to light that showed he brought the murder weapon to school ahead of time, brought a change of clothes, could change out of them which he allegedly did. the prosecution prevailed with most interesting about this case, many people believe that he was convicted he should go away for a long time, maybe forever because of his age, due to a u.s. supreme court opinion

and massachusetts supreme court opinion he could get out in 15 to 25 years. gregg: that has been since a lot of people. there is a picture of him. let me move forward to the next case, the prep school trial. in the end this young perhaps school student who was accused of sexual assault, rape essentially, the most serious charges were acquitted in this end, he is convicted of some of the lesser charges but i think why people were interested in this, senior so. is a tradition at this prep school for privileged kids. talk to us about this. >> it shows the elite kids who have every opportunity in the

world to take on such a disgusting tradition of the senior salute. what i found interesting in this case is a compromise verdict by the jurors in my opinion because your -- they acquitted him of the most serious charges but convicted him of one of the charges which was a felony, which blends into the sex offender registry and treats him as a convicted felon so it was kind of a compromise. the fact finder did not complete the believe the victim in this case, but still imposed punishment of a felony to show basically as a deterrent for someone else to do this. hopefully that tradition has now really been put away. teenagers will continue to exhibit bad judgment and it is up to the adults around them to

help guide them. gregg: the accusation the school knew and turned a blind eye, trying to have sex with girls, maybe some of its on campus, that was the real outrage in that case. thank you very much for being with us. coming up in the next hour we look at courtroom battles still ahead for 2016. arthel: the top new year's resolution year after year. do you know what it is? abby: losing weight. arthel: we will tell you about a new trend that can give your diet a real kick start.

arthel: it is 2016, lot of people vowing to eat healthier, very, new year's resolution is some jumps thought their clients with the juice collins, a popular way to shed pounds quickly but is it safe and can the results last? the one you might know those answers, the founder and chief juiceing officer, to the question, can anyone do this? is it safe? does it work? >> it is safe, it works, you can see the impact juices have had, agree with to start the new year, jump start to a healthy lifestyle. it floods your system with nutrients and helps to unleash your body's natural ability to heal itself. it reacheds to the core, the cell, fuelled your body, lots of nutrients. arthel: if i had juice, is that

a meal replacement? how does it work? >> some do it is the juice:islam it can be done in multiple days and some like to incorporate it into their daily regimen. you can have it first thing in the morning, your green shoes, but up on nutrients, antioxidants, minerals, more in tents -- arthel: i am looking at it sugar content. full of fiber. >> naturally derived, nothing at it. arthel: some have to be careful about their sugar intake. for various ailments. will that be in the way? >> consult with your doctor, the

sugar load, keep the fiber in it. all these juicees, they arrived for full pressed juice and you can make it at home. it helps with lysine index. arthel: what did you make here? >> this is something simple like and make it home. it has main go, pineapple juice, kale, spinach, banana. arthel: let me test this. it works for me. cheers and happy new year. thanks for coming. gregg: i want to try it. the state department releasing a new batch of hillary clinton e-mails many of them upgraded to

classified. what the contain, what it means for the investigation going forward and president obama new executive action in the new year on gun control, the latest on what he may be planning to do.

dagen: 3,000 hillary clinton e-mails revealed in 2015 as the fbi continues investigating private e-mail servers releasing clinton's e-mail under court order hundreds containing classified information or national secrets. gregg: thanks for joining us. happy new year. the state department dumping the documents. 275 upgraded to classified documents, including two

designated secrets. that brings the total number of classified documents found to be more than 1200. arthel: rich edson is looking to the latest details. >> reporter: more than 5500 pages detail in the inner workings of hillary clinton's department despite the obama administration barring him from working for clinton at state, sidney blumenthal offered the secretary continuous perceptions, recommendations and unconfirmed reports about foreign and domestic policy, the arab spring and washington's power structure, clinton forward some of the aids and requesting to leave by late the advice and printing e-mails for her in his 2011 book amateur, author ed klein claims for president bill clinton urged his life to quit as secretary of state to challenge president obama in 2012. press aide asks if he can tell

reporters the book's claim is nonsense, clinton response right now, wacko. clinton asked then health care adviser for intel on the discussions and writes i am worried they are trying to solve a communications problem when we have a policy problem. i can't think of someone who will be more helpful thing you. clinton response can i call you? a few health care questions, what numbers should i use. in a separate exchange, george soros told her he regretted backing president obama over clinton in the 2008 democratic primary. this well-known foe of clinton checking her blackberry, adviser cheryl mills informed clinton had gone viral. clinton asks why now? was on the way to libya? mills responds it looked cute. state department releasing a few thousand e-mails, supposed to produce all of them on the end of this month. arthel: thanks for that update.

gregg: a senior correspondent for the washington examiner, david, what do you make of the latest e-mail dumped as to the timing? and the content? >> it is obvious the state department is doing a lot of work it would rather not do ended is our job to deal with the fallout as a journalist and i don't think government agencies are concerned about that. i don't think the content is a big deal also upgrading certain e-mails could cause hillary clinton a problem down the line. the biggest problem for long term potentially is going through these e-mails anytime there's a dump or reminded she's using a private e-mail servers that calls into question her judgment as potential commander in chief because of security concerns and republican nominee can do some damage with that information if he or she plays

it right. gregg: the reason there are rules about classified material, you don't want to risk national security secrets, foreign spies and so forth, that was the point made yesterday after the jump and by the gop party chairman, i will quote him, more than 1,000 e-mails containing classified information, hillary clinton's decision could secrecy of national-security by exclusively operating off of secret e-mail server looks even more reckless. when the scandal first broke hillary clinton assured the american people there burn of classified materials on secure server and when that turned out to be untrue >> terse story to nothing was marked classified. do you think americans expect the secretary of state, may be

their next president to know just by looking, without markings, what is top secret and what is not? >> if that is the question, i don't think that is a big deal. i also don't think the fact she is talking to sidney blumenthal is a big deal and a lot of this other political stuff that might seem unseemly, what is a big deal and could cause a problem is the discussion of private e-mail server really could undercut hillary clinton's biggest selling point for the presidency, the reason she might get the most votes and that is kabul using government as first lady, senator, secretary of state she is supposed to be among the most competent candidates, supposed to know what she's doing and why she is doing it, supposed to be a good mind on foreign policy and national security particularly given her last job and the secret e-mail server undercuts all of that or at least it could. a republican candidate drive for that home it could cause for a big problem, undercuts her big

selling point and that is the biggest danger. not necessarily that she might have done something illegal even though it might have been illegal with classified information. gregg: it is a crime to divert classified e-mails from the government and secure menu but what will the government recommend? absent an indictment, what do you see this controversy going in 2006--2016 to one of the recommend clinton isn't ready? the white house stonewalleds, the fbi director james comey france to resign? this could explode. >> lots of unanswered questions we won't know until we get there. i have a hard time believing if the obama justice department, basically the party's nominee. gregg: they are politicized organization. >> every justice apartment is politicized because they are run by a presidential appointee, the attorney general, i don't think any party or president --

gregg: james comey threatened to quit when he worked for president george w. bush and -- >> that would be a problem. unless there is the big fast smoking gun the biggest thing is it makes hillary clinton look like she didn't make proper decisions and put the country's national security at risk and that is the biggest problem long-term, without knowing where the investigation will end up. gregg: comey is a principled guy. wait and see what happens. happy new year, thanks for being with us. arthel: natalie cole, daughter of nat king cole and carried on his legacy has died at age 65. natalie died from congestive heart failure although we are told underlying medical issues

were complications from kidney transplant and hepatitis c, natalie has been very sick recently canceling several tour dates in december including new year's eve, a concert scheduled at disney in los angeles, natalie cole is that at the age of 65, hearts and prayers to natalie's younger twin since there, a good friend of mine. gregg: such a beautiful voice, so did her dad. president obama expected to hit the ground running taking executive action aimed at reducing gun violence. kevin is live in honolulu where the president was vacationing. >> reporter: the president's plan is simple. add another layer of background checks to keep guns out of the hands of people who might hurt us all but we are watching for quite some in time, the president's legal team poring over the lie and documents trying to make sure whatever

they come up with will be not only enforceable but lawful, and constitutional scrutiny. as you know the president talking about expanding background checks, and people here great deal overs the next several days, they want to expand new background checks, this is a high-volume gun dealers. and her oversight is important and in the weekly address called on the american people to help him fight for change. >> change will take all of us. the gun lobby is loud and well-organized in its defense. the rest of us will be just as passionate and well organized in our defense. that is the work of citizenship, to fight for the change we seek. join me in making america a

safer for all our children. >> background checks already exist for virtually all gun purchases. there are some you can buy without one that is a relatively small number so we are looking at is a very targeted expansion or use of executive action. will still get a lot of low back and controversy. the president is talking about the need of getting the assistance of his attorney general to make sure he gets it right. look what he said in his weekly address. >> we know we can stop every act of violence but what if we tried to stop even one? but if congress did something, anything to protect our kids from gun violence? a few months ago i directed my team at the white house to look at any new actions to help reduce gun violence, and i met with loretta lynch to discuss our options. >> reporter: what are the options the we will find out

very soon. we will see how much blow back they get. gregg: they are going to get some. happy new year. arthel: had the new year. she didn't hear you. coming up, affluenza team ethan couch fighting extradition. why his lawyers say his human rights were violated and he should be allowed to stay in mexico. we remember a deer friend on the fox news channel, we look back at the extraordinary life of actor and investor wayne rogers. this is claira.

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years and appeared in the number of other shows including murder she wrote. rogers moved on to a second career as money manager and investor, we were lucky enough to call him a friend at fox where he made regular appearances on the show cashing in. wayne rogers was the 2 years old, thoughts and prayers to his family as well. gregg: we are going to miss him. new developments in the case of the affluenza teen ethan couch as attorneys try to delay his deportation to the u.s. claiming mexican authorities violated his human rights. will cart is live in the west coast news room. >> reporter: ethan couch still in mexico with his mom, narrowing custody in los angeles, she should have an extradition hearing next week and her attorney releasing a statement which in part says the public may not like what she did, might not agree with what she did or may have strong feelings against what she did,

make no mistake, she did not violate any law of the state of texas and she is eager to have her day in court. members of law enforcement in texas disagree charging her with a felony for fleeing with her son. if convicted she could face ten years in prison, that is 120 days maximum that ethan couch could face event when he is brought to the united states. he could get 10 years probation but that is only if the case has moved to a court would test and happened yet. is possible he could spend weeks or even months in an immigration detention center, all of this is sorted out. his arrest violated his civil rights and the judge granted an injunction to keep him in a center where he is now. he has to use a basin to wash his clothes. abc news is reporting he found a gun in mexico.

mexico has strict gun laws, he could go to prison down there again. he we are looking into that and that could be far worse than 120 days he is facing potentially in the united states. gregg: thanks very much. arthel: germany starting the year on high alert after a possible isis attack on high-profile locations, the chilly details and what it means for american fight against the terrorists. try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.

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bombers. let's bring in u.s. army special forces lt. colonel michel utt b utterback of the colorado national guard. happy new year to you. arthel: does it fall into fear? >> it is the right college they needed decisive move with intelligence that can not only from the french in the hours before but the u.s. in the days before, decisive action, they surged heavily-armed and armored police units but the train station, the two train stations were only closed for five hours, great move on behalf of the german authorities. arthel: do you find that perhaps shutting down major train

stations means terrorists won or counterterrorism authorities are getting ahead of the game and being able to thwart more possible attacks like this? >> it was a victory for german authorities and international cooperation and intelligence sharing. much better this morning to be talking about a nation's successful response to information rather than talking about body count or the tragedy that could have occurred. we did in a nation where we have to acknowledge we have to adapt our behavior to listen to the authorities and disinformation was tiny detailed and the germans did the right thing. munich doesn't want to be associated ever again with another major terrorist attack. one in 1972 was enough. arthel: there were no arrests made in this particular plan so is it possible the planners will somehow shake off authorities off their trails or will authorities be able to sniff out who ordered the attacks?

>> as we have heard, even names were passed to the german authorities and the germans are scouring every database to d tournament who these attackers were, did they pass through the train station as part of the refugee wave or are they residents and, germany or munich, in the days ahead we will hear more about what german authorities and cover about these attacks. arthel: is there any way people in america watching that, we are all on edge i guess we should say, looking at what was thwarted their, what does it mean the guys here and women are doing here to thwart off possible terror attacks in the homeland. do you think counterterrorism agents are ahead of the game as much as they can be? >> they are. we have the best in the world. we have learned from the best in the world. with the celebrations the place all over the country successfully last night.

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arthel: weather clearing up for much hard hit midwest deadly floodwaters are startings to reshed but areas downstream are still in danger. towns south of st. louis bracing for what could be major flooding. meteorologist january tis dean live from the fox weather center. how is it looking, jd? >> arthel, pictures like that are heart-breaking as we look into the new year. some areas received record breaking rainfall in the last four days. some areas, eight, upwards of 12 inches of rain in matter of hours. st. louis where we're focused since november 1st. they have had 18 inches of rain. average is six 1/2 for that time frame.

they shattered the record of 7.82 inches. the river is cresting at 42 feet which is the third highest. the weird part of this storm it is happening in december. typically we see the mississippi river and its tributaries start flooding in the springtime with snow melt. we don't have any of that. that is why this is quite a rarity. there is the last 48 hours. we're watching mississippi river valley. the good news we have a period of dry weather today through the next five to seven days. but the flooding continues. flood warnings are up well into the weekend into next week as all tributaries move in and downstream across the mississippi river and eventually into the gulf of mexico. there is the mississippi river watershed. our largest in north america. feeding in some cases 31 states, from there, tributaries and also two provinces in canada. so that is why we call it the mighty mississippi. you can see all along here where we have flash flooding all the

way down towards louisiana as it eventually spills into the gulf of mexico. so the flooding is going to be ongoing. in some cases we won't see river crests well into next week. so st. louis, mississippi river at st. louis will crest today. but again january 5th, well into next week we're starting to see rivers crest as they continue to rise. there is the future radar. not much rainfall in the forecast. here we have showers and thunderstorms along the gulf and florida. really great news here is that st. louis remains dry. all of the mississippi river across the central u.s. will remain dry are to the next five days. and again the river cresting at its third highest on record which is amazing for the month of december. let's look at model forecast in terms of rainfall. the gulf will get some rain. as we head into the next seven days, maybe you know, a very small amount of rain across this

region which again is excellent news. we do have lake effect know across the great lakes which will happen this weekend. well into next week, we have not one but three big storm systems that will move into the west. this will be different because the storm track will be into southern california. beneficial rainfall for them, heading into monday and then wednesday and friday. and look at the snowfall. this is excellent news for the west but, arthel, certainly short term we'll deal with flooding concerns and mudslides and heavy snow and travel conditions will be a problem as well. arthel: flooding is such an unfortunate way for folks to start out in the new year. they're you're also busy in the fox extreme weather center. happy new year to you. >> you too. >> greg? ♪ gregg: there is a new push to tighten airport security by clamming down on security

controls for airline and airport employees. jonathan hunt has more. reporter: critics of airport security have been pointing out for some time while passengers go through extensive screening every time they go through the airport, workers, tsa agents, baggage handlers or airline employees do not. >> employee access, employee security controls at airports need to be beefed up significantly. some airports have way, way too many access points for employees. reporter: in the wake of recent terror attacks around the globe homeland security secretary jeh johnson said the department moved to step up the pace of random screening of airport workers, and quote, the tsa administrator and i have recently concluded we need to double down on these airport security efforts and will be consulting with airports and airlines to do so. there are no reported instances of airport workers being involved in terror plots in the

u.s. but in 2014 an atlanta-based baggage handler was charged with delivering guns to a smuggler. in the same year five airline employees were charged with smuggling $400,000 through boston's logan airport. another new security measure, this one aimed at passengers, may mean some drivers licenses could be rejected as valid i.d. for flying there. is a 10-year-old law on the books that sets federal standards for the technology used in licenses. some states amon illinois, missouri, new mexico, and washington, don't meet those standards. and from january 10th, anyone carrying a license from those states could be asked for a second form of government issued i.d. before being allowed to board a plane. in los angeles, jonathan hunt, fox news. ♪ arthel: investors bidding good riddance to 2015. the dow closing out its worst

year since 2008 thanks to falling oil prices. china's stalling economy and endless speculation about interest rate hikes, now those issues expected to calm down a bit in 2016. but as we are all know, markets are unpredictable. marco soriano is here. he is a managing partner. happy new year first of all. >> happy new year to you too. arthel: we're seeing how unpredictable the markets are. is there any way to see where which direction the dow will go this year? any expectations at least? >> the expectations the economy to get better are there. we're expecting the economy to grow but not the same pace we've seen last three years, due the fact that you've mentioned. the energy prices are lowest. so we as consumers enjoyed this, to the point of cyclical reverse periods. so we will have less monty to be saved and hence, we'll have

slower than expected growth. arthel: so what are investors to do, marco? >> investors should definitely take a look, what are the current deals. you're looking at market and, we have understood they have dumped so much money into technology companies. one of the reasons that the rich tech nasdaq did well as opposed to s&p 500 and dow jones -- arthel: nasdaq ended up 5.7%. >> right. another point we should definitely take this with a grain of salt, we should expect low volume trading days before end of the year and selloffs that take place due to invading or, lowering taxes on this, on gains. arthel: what should investors do. >> investors should analyze and we're with companies that understand in the private equity sector which think money should definitely be going into. arthel: here we are in the new year. people have different goals. what if someone is saying you know what?

this is the year i will finally start investing. i will get into the game. what would you tell them? >> we are encountering clients talking to us about this. we're looking at infrastructure development investments where you know where your money is going and you will see the results. not this year but in next five or 10. that allows to you have a much better vision where investments should have better returns. arthel: telling me if i were to come to you, you're telling me to what, invest in bonds? what are you saying? >> the bond market is great. once again we're going through period of formalization of monetary currency we've had for a long time. in other parts of the world, easy money is still tacking place. japan and europe are an example of that. you need to look at that and what we're doing here. we're looking at companies that are global today. they're not local. anything that would have impact on it, advisors like us that would give you the full scope of what is going on in the

economies. >> keep it simple for us, and you just did now, those starting out, not me, but those might be starting out in the investment world need to have it broken down, way down. >> absolutely. we have all kinds of questions and break it down in words that are simple enough for them to understand. arthel: absolutely. marco, good to see you and happy new year to you. >> thank you. arthel: gregg? gregg: seeing "stars and stripes" in a whole new light from the ellis island and west point. it is coming up "happening now," anchors jon scott and jenna lee give us a unique look at what makes our country great. stay tuned for "an american journey" with jon and jenna airing 1:00 p.m. eastern right after arthel and i wrap up. bill cosby breaking his silence after his arraignment on a sexual assault charges thanking his friends and fans on twitter. he is one of the high-profile celebrity cases we could see play out in the courts this year. there is also the murder trial of robert durst.

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arthel: kim jong-un warns north korea is ready for war in his annual new year's speech. kim says his country will continue to work for peace on the korean peninsula but, quote, if invasive outsiders and provocateurs touch us even slightly we will not be forgiven, forgiving in the least. meanwhile north korea ringing in, north korea ringing in the new year with fireworks over the capital city. it was all broadcast live on state tv. ♪ gregg: we continue our look back at top legal cases we've been covering here on "happening now." they will continue into this new year.

the ongoing drama of real estate heir robert durst. durst is currently held in louisiana on drug and weapons charges, expected extradition to los angeles this year to go on trial for the murder of his long-time friend, susan berman. prosecutors say he wanted to keep her quiet from cooperating with police investigating the '82 disappearance of his first wife sew murdered her. another celebrity case we will be watching this year of course, what happened at the end of the year. the new sexual assault charges against bill cosby. he was arraigned yesterday just before the statute of limitations was about to run out. for than 50 other women have come forward with similar allegations. also dominating the headlines the tragic connect death of kate steinle. an immigrant from mexico was here illegally in the u.s., kept coming back here, being deport, coming back here, admitted to

shooting and killing her. she took a walk on the san francisco pier with her dad. her death spark ad national debate about sanctuary cities. of course the kayak murder. she was accused of drowning her fiance on the hudson river in new york. we have esther panitche, is a criminal defense attorney. again good to see you both. consent -- kent, start off with robert durst. the chilling hbo documentary. still has his microphone on his lapel and shirt and goes to the bathroom and doesn't realize he has mic goes on and it is hot. he looks in the mirror, what the hell did i do. i killed them all. so take it away. >> well this is just one of these things that is almost like truth is stranger than fiction. it is unbelievable. and that hbo documentary, gregg,

you mentioned, it won an emmy award. so he has led a very tangled life. it's amazing. he is accused of killing his first wife. he was never tried for that. then he went to texas. he was apparently on the run. he was posing as a mute woman. allegedly killed his roommate, beheaded him, put his body in the bay. and then later now, the case that is coming up, for which he is supposed to be extradited soon to california later this year, he is accused of killing the confidante who he wanted to keep quiet about the murder of his first wife. it is just unbelievable, something you couldn't make up. gregg: yeah. all right, the other case i mentioned happened at the end of the year, literally, you know, at the very end of 2015, esther, and that is of course bill cosby. it's a 12-year-old case. he said/she said, no eyewitnesses. all of the other women notwithstanding, and they may

not be able to testify, it will be up to the judge. it's a tough case for prosecutors, isn't it? >> well, this case would be much easier for prosecutors if they're allowed to bring in the other women and there are some reasons or exceptions in the evidence code that would allow these women to testify. for example, if cosby has a the pattern of drugging women, and getting them incapacitated and then s.ing sex with them, some type of sexual contact with them, that could evidence the plan similar to one in this case and if those are allowed in, and most states or jurisdictions allow limited types of planning or motives in, prior bad acts, similar to the one he is being charged with right now, he will have a really tough time when 50 sore so women walk up to the witness booth one by one testify about the similarities between

their case and the case that he is charged with now. i will say, gregg, while he was just charged in 2015, this case has been going on a long time, for a lot of women. gregg: yeah. we'll wait to see if it comes to fruition this year with a trial. want to move on to kate steinle. that case sparked a national debate over so-called sanctuary cities because this guy who admits he killed her, so tragic, she is walking on the pier with her dad and pulls out a gun and shoots her right there. this guy kept coming back and back to the united states after being deported. he goes up to san francisco and protect him up there. sanctuary city. kent? >> this case has become known textbook what is wrong with our immigration system in many people's minds. what it might prove most famous more interesting, something separate a political development. donald trump you may remember talked about this case and current issues with the current

immigration system. that some believe started to do give rise to his now very popular presidential campaign. it is really awful story for the woman and her family. it is incredibly tragic and in the my mind and minds of a lot of people watching this it should never happened because that guy should have never been back in the country. gregg: right. let's move on to the last case involving the woman, young woman, takes her fiance, boyfriend out on a kayaking trip on the hudson river and according to police and prosecutors, that she planned this all out to kill him. she wanted him dead. the real question here is, esther, whether she confessed under duress? >> well of course if she did confess because she was threatened or forced or promised something in return, then the confession could be suppressed. which means that the jury or fact-finder will never hear about it. in this case we're going to see,

we're going to see when the testimony comes out at trial, if her confession was coerced. again the punishment for law enforcement to prevent further coercion in other cases is to suppress the confession. if there is in confession in this case there there will be vy difficult for prosecutors prove. however, the suppression is really in this case an uphill battle for the defendant. it is is not a given it is going to be suppressed. it is funny, not this case, it is horrible, the judge seems to get in on the theme. he made comments that the currents aren't very strong in this case. given a case that took place on the water, i think we're going to see some more snark before this case is over. gregg: no doubt. plenty of snark to go around. kent, esther, thank you both. >> you bet, gregg. >> thank you. arthel: well in the new year literally hundreds of new laws kick in covering everything from gun purchases to the minimum wage.

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the weight of the truck with oversized height causing the bridge to absolutely collapse. the 23-year-old driver told police she attempted to cross despite traffic signs forbidding trucks because she was unable to back up an turn around. the bridge was built in 1880. emergency responders unloading the tractor and cutting bridge beams to free the truck. ♪ arthel: 2016 brings thousands of new laws across the country from gun control to minimum wage. and those hoverboards you've been hearing so much about. garrett tenney live in washington with highlights. hey, garrett. reporter: hi, arthel. the laws come from banning serving food in styrofoam containers here in d.c. to hang

your clothes outside to dry in california. gun control bills are always controversial and one of the most controversial new laws is in california where the law says a judge can seize guns from law-abiding citizens if they are deemed to be danger to them elves is or others. the gun violence restraining order allows family members to request an order from a judge to have a persons guns seized if they are seen as danger. critics say it infringes on second amendment and national rifle association says it is one of the most egregious violations to civil liberties ever introduced in the state n oregon, individuals subject to a restraining order or convicted certain domestic abuse laws, can no longer have guns or ammunition. in texas, people can carry their firearms in public. support is of the guns say making guns more visible will

deter mass shootings. texas is the 45th state to allow licensed gun owners to visibly carry their guns. new minimum wages go into effect. the hits keep on coming for hover boards though. after making headlines for catching on fire and throwing folks to the ground, new regulations in california are set to slow down hoverboard enthusiasts with a 15 mile-per-hour speed limit. you will have to be at least 11 years old to ride one on public roads as well. don't think about drinking and riding either. not only do sober people have hard enough time keeping their balance but there is now a $250 fine for drinking and riding in the state. arthel. arthel: garrett, thank you very much. happy new year to. reporter: happy new year to you. gregg: whole world celebrating new year. we have incredible pics. fireworks in san francisco over the bay bridge. love it.

in rio de janiero celebrating the new year and upcoming olympics. crowds gathering near st. mary's cathedral for a big light show. that does it for us. i'm gregg jarrett. arthel: i'm arthel neville. "happening now" is up next. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

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